Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-14
A RUSSIAN PRINCE,
The Brother Of the Princess Dolgo.
rouki in The Indian Territory
4 Teaching Music for
Living.
He Tells OF BIS Exile TO S!beria-His rs
cape and His Subsequent Journey
ings to Am srica.
Special to the Gazette.

Specialize the Gazette.
TAHLEQUAH, [. T, Jan. S.-Angels are
sometimes sai0 to be entertained una
wares but the entertaining OF Q live prince
at the uppretentious capital Of the Chero-
kee nation has not been heretofore
thought Of We have noticed for
some time past stranger IN our mldst,o1
whom no one seemed to KNOW DuI little.
This stranger is 4 small, neat man, some
thirty-fre yeals Of age. Ills manner ana
department indicated gentleman OF
more than ordinary culture. HIS
appearance indnCed US 10 believe mat re
was not an American and to the manor
born. but an Importation from some
country beyond the sea. We apptoacned
the little stranger TO day and asked MN
something of his history. He told US
that he was q native OF Russia, and
that he was brother Of the
Princess Dolgorouki, the wife OF
the late czsr of that vast empire
Gently pressing him for further psrticu-
lars, he said in explanation Of his absence
from his Ba.ive land that he had when
quite Young Incurred the disDleasure OF
the car on account of his nihiiistic pro
cljyities, and consequently was oanlsned
to Siberia with about 10000 others.
Said he TO your reporter: A large
majority of the American people 90
not understand what nihllism means.
They think it means everything
bad bnt | tel you it does not 1t simply
means Democracy or Republicanism, that
ia q large lot OF Us were in favor OF gov
eminent by the people and for the people,
and were getting tired OF
anarchy. In 1861 >, when you
people over here were having
your little unplsassntness, we, too, Ia
Russia were naving the same thing and,
nv word for it, we hihilists would have
9ained the day and a republ can form OF
government would nave been existing
there to-day to the delight OF an over
whelmfng msjoTiry OF the Russians
had not other powers interfered. Mill
in Latin, you know, means nothing, and
that is what they call US Republicans,
to make us as insignificant as possible.
"Mr. Dolgorouki, how long were you in
Siberia and how did you escape ?"
"Aye, that's what thought, you would
want to know it all. I'll tell you some
of it. As soon as | landed in Siberia l
waS put to work in the mines about
$500 feet under ground where | could
not see daylight. ! began at 0uce 10 plan
some means by which | could make my
escape, and being especially educated in
the art OF engraving, by this art | accom-
plished my purpose. Upon small blocks
Of stone 1 engraved characters till
l had the requisite number
to forge the fac simlle
of genuine passports. . / was Ave years in
accomplishing my object. took no one
into my confidence. Armed with my
passport 1 made my way with great
difficulty to the sea coast got aboard
vessel bound for China, which
country | ultimately reached and among
the Acknowledged pig-tails l remained nine
years. From there I went to South
America, and after staying there awhile
and not liking that semi-Civiiized country
l shipped for the SHORES of the North
American continent, which | first
touched al San Francisco and
drifted here" Here he says he has
-.realized the dreams OF his youth
and government by the people and for
the people, and he believes that all
Russia will, in his day and time, see the
same thing and realize this great bless
ing. lie says he heard from
his sister, the Princess Dolgorouki
often: that she is now IN
Franc. ThGt little cloud Is overhangiDg
her, aud that she is what Sht be termed
in plain English, halfway exiled. Her
i predicament, he says Is caused from
the fact that her eldest son is
really entitled to the Czardom or
4 will be ere q great while, hence she does
not stand in great favor just now with
the Russian anarchists and those
in power. She is wealthy, though, end
is living in France in fine style,
but will she or her children some dsy
return to Russia and claim their places
BY willing people? For
liveiyh3Od Mr.. DOlgor0uki
Teaches music and is eIqualihed for the
profession, so his patrons sly. He has
good letters from the Chautsuqua So
ciety of New York, where he
taught music awhile, and from
others of eqn&l note, stating
that he Is Il gentleman aud scholar
Rev. W. L. Miller, Presbyterian munster
here, vOuches Tor the c0rrectae5s OF Prince
DolgorOubi'S statements,